Then and Now | City splashed out on pools

By Greg Ryan, Albury & District Historical Society
Updated January 10 2020 - 11:55am, first published 9:42am
MOD CONS: The new pool built in 1929 to replace the original municipal baths at a cost of more than £3000, was hailed as the "best swimming pool in the country".
MOD CONS: The new pool built in 1929 to replace the original municipal baths at a cost of more than £3000, was hailed as the "best swimming pool in the country".

In the 40 years prior to 1887, an average of almost two people drowned every year in and around the Murray River at Albury, so it is not surprising that the people of Albury agitated strongly for public baths.

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